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Me; Um…nice vampire? (backs out slowly)

Officer: Nice try kiddy but it's snack time

Me: (stops in tracks) do you make up your own lines cause that was pretty lame.

Officer: (stutters and turns to human guise) W-well

Me: and those clothes? 80's much?

Officer: w-well

Me: (sigh) it looks like it's up to me to fix you. (shakes head)

Return of the red head

The sun came up slowly as Buffy woke up. Christmas break was coming up and today was her last class. All she had to do was see Dawn off to school then hand in her Psych project and she was done. Vacation here she comes!

Walking down the stairs, completely awake but still craving coffee, she made her way through the living room and into the kitchen. Of course no one was awake, why would they be? Dawn didn't have to wake up for another half hour and Spike…

She stopped her train of thought knowing that it would somehow lead to badness. It's been two days since the "incident" and they hadn't really spoken about it. Instead, Buffy made a point of avoiding him at all costs. The last thing she need was that awkwardness that came with the situation.

"Hey Buffy" her best friend, Willow, came through the back door without invitation.

"Oh my God, Will!" she exclaimed giving the girl a hug. Willow had been in the study abroad program and with everything that had been going on, it totally slipped her mind that she was coming back. "You have no idea how much I missed you."

"Ditto." Pulling back after a bit, Willow took a seat at the island while Buffy bustle around the room.

"Coffee?"

"God yes" she responded. "Next time I want to go to Australia just remind me of the heat. That'll pretty much quell any need to go back."

"Besides that was it like totally great?"

"Oh it was the best! The professors were totally nice and the kids were as welcoming. It was the best!" she repeated excitedly. "Anything new in UC Sunnydale? Or in Sunnydale in general?"

"Oh you know, the usual." Buffy set cups in front of each of them before taking a seat opposite Willow. "Except you know, mom's in the hospital. Comatosed actually. Spike has moved in and is helping take care of Dawn and oh! I kissed him."

"Wait, you kissed Spike? Um…Why?"

"Well he was there and I was all vulnerable from the whole Riley hitting me and me breaking up with him thing and so if you think about it, it's all his fault. I mean who cares that he has the body of a god and that he's totally gorgeous. I mean seriously…"

"Buffy" Willow interrupted. "You're babbling."

"Sorry" Buffy sighed as she buried her head into her hands.

"To short version, you kissed Spike and now you have feelings for him?"

"I don't have feelings for him." Her head shot up. "I wanted him Will. I mean I really wanted him."

"Does he know?"

"Oh you mean between my just leaving him there and avoiding him since it happened? Oh yeah he knows" she replied sarcastically.

"You don't believe in simplicity do you Buffy?"

"Apparently not."

Pause.

"How's you're mom?"

"Stable according to the doctors but she stays under much longer…"

"I'm sorry." Buffy shrugged.

"We're dealing."

Willow looked down at her watch them grimaced. "You're totally gonna hate me but I have to go meet Tara. (me: I really like the Willow/Tara relationship. They were so cute together. Killing of Tara… grr Joss! ) But I'll see you later at the Bronze okay?" Buffy nodded.

Willow got up to leave but stopped as she reached the door knob. "Talk to Spike. He deserves that much." Again Buffy nodded and the redhead disappeared through the door.

"Talking to yourself?" questioned Dawn coming in a few minutes later, fully clothed.

"Um…Willow was here" Buffy said distractedly. "She said she'd be back later." With a nod, Dawn grabbed an apple and left the room.

Cut to-

Spike walked up the walk toward the Summers' residence. He left his guitar here but at the risk of bumping into the elder Summers, he was debating whether it would be worth it. He weighted his options. On the one hand, his band would kill him if he missed yet another practice session especially since they have a gig later that night. On the other, there was Buffy and her bitch attacks.

Taking his hand off the doorknob, he began to walk away. Buffy won out every time, annoyingly so actually. "Going somewhere?" asked Buffy as she opened the door. She'd been looking through the window at Spike hesitant entrance and had decided to take action.

"Um…a smoke" he covered pulling out some cigarettes and a lighter.

Buffy, knowing that he was lying, leaned against the doorway with her arms crossed. "Hmm." He wished that she wouldn't do that. She, unbeknownst to her, was pushing up her cleavage upward and tantalizing him even more than normal. To keep himself at bay, he recited the national anthem in his head over and over again.

"We have to talk you know."

"About?" Spike asked dumbly.

"What happened. The kiss."

"Oh, that talk."

"Yeah." She paused. "You really shouldn't smoke. I mean with the Big C and all."

"I think I'll deal."

"Anyway, I just wanted to say that….Wow this is harder than I thought it would be."

Spike threw his cigarette onto the floor and grounded it out with the book tip. "What is?"

"This apology."

"Don't worry about it."

"No" she said standing up straight. "I need to get this off my chest."

"Can we at least sit?"

Buffy stubbornly plotted down on the front pouch and waited for him to do the same. She sighed. "Are you comfy? Cause if you're not we could go inside. Wow, it's a nice day don't ya think?"

"You're stalking" he broke through.

"Yeah, okay. See, you know my history with guys. There was Angel who I thought was the love of my life then he cheated on me with Cordy. I mean I'm over it and still friends with them but it still hurt."

"Bleeding idiot if you ask me" grumbled Spike.

Ignoring him, Buffy continued. "There was Parker…enough said. And the, Robin which I'm so happy never happened. And Riley…we all know how that turned out. I'm just happy he didn't force me to do anything with him because I want my first time to be…" she stopped realizing what she said. Her cheeks reddened and her eyes went wide.

"Y-you're a virgin?" Spike said incredulously. Realizing it was too late to deny it, Buffy just nodded.

"Don't spread it around okay? Anyway, that's not the point. The point is that I want us to be friends cause in a way we always have been. We're enemy-like friends."

"Friends?" he asked.

"Just until I…I don't know. Get everything straight you know with Riley and everything." Spike nodded.

Grabbing her hands in his, he gently said "I have a feeling you're worth the wait." And with that, he got up, kissed her on the cheek, and went inside the house." Buffy basically sat there dumbfound.

Author's Note-

So there you an update. If everything goes as planned, there will be one in my near future. Please, Please, PLEASE update and I'll promise to speed up the updating process. Um…I had a question for you guys. Who is the most hated character on the show in you're opinions?

Thanks for sticking with me thus far and I hope you keep reading. By loyal readers!